Author: claimsbot

1. A method, comprising:
obtaining a traffic characteristic of a user equipment (UE) in a wireless network based on one or more predefined UE conditions, wherein the traffic characteristic indicates regular traffic or low priority traffic;
sending or receiving a data transmission;
identifying a transmission procedure of the data transmission; and
performing a power consumption optimization for the transmission procedure when the traffic characteristic indicates low priority traffic.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the predefined UE conditions comprise a transmission data size is smaller than a predefined threshold, a required bandwidth or throughput is small than a predefined threshold, an application ID indicating a predefined small-size data transmission, a data transmission triggered by an application, an access point name (APN) indicating small-size or low priority data transmission, a UE subscription information indicating the UE being an mobile originated (MO) only or mobile terminated (MT) only device, and a hardware status indicating power saving mode.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmission procedure is sending or receiving the data transmission in a pre-scheduled period, and wherein the power consumption optimization involves aligning the data transmission with mobility management procedures by the UE or aligning the data transmission from multiple applications in the same period.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmission procedure is sending or receiving the data transmission in a pre-scheduled period, and wherein the power consumption optimization comprises:
obtaining application properties of the data transmission;
determining a timer interval for the data transmission; and
switching off radio frequency (RF) capability after the data transmission until the next data transmission.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmission procedure is sending or receiving the data transmission, and wherein the power consumption optimization involves reducing retry attempts of NAS procedures.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein obtaining the traffic characteristics involves receiving a configuration from the network indicating low priority traffic.
7. The method of claim 1, wherein obtaining the traffic characteristics involves retrieving a configuration information from a subscriber identity module (SIM) card indicating low priority traffic.
8. A method, comprising:
obtaining a traffic characteristic of a user device (UE) in a wireless network based on one or more predefined UE conditions, wherein the traffic characteristic indicates regular traffic or mobile originated (MO) only traffic;
sending or receiving a data transmission;
identifying a transmission procedure of the data transmission; and
performing a power consumption optimization for the transmission procedure when the traffic characteristic indicates MO only traffic.
9. The method of claim 8, wherein the predefined UE conditions comprise: all active applications generating MO only communication, receiving a broadcast information or an in-band signaling indicating the UE being an MO only device, obtaining a user configuration information indicating the UE being an MO only device, receiving an configuration via OTA indicating the UE being an MO only device, and obtaining a default subscription information in a SIM of the UE indicating the UE being an MO only device.
10. The method of claim 8, wherein the transmission procedure is an attach procedure, and wherein the power consumption optimization comprises:
performing the attach procedure right before the data transmission; and
performing a detach procedure right after the data transmission.
11. The method of claim 8, wherein the transmission procedure is sending an amount of data, and wherein the power consumption optimization involves switching off RF capability after sending the amount of data until a next sending data request.
12. The method of claim 8, wherein the transmission procedure is an attach procedure or a detach procedure, and wherein the power consumption optimization involves indicating attach-when-needed capability in NAS ATTACH REQUEST message or NAS DETACH REQUEST message.
13. The method of claim 8, wherein the transmission procedure is a detach procedure initiated by the wireless network without indicating reattach required, and wherein the power consumption optimization involves not reattempting an attach procedure.
14. The method of claim 8, wherein the transmission procedure is sending a predefined NAS message, and wherein the power consumption optimization involves indicating MO-service-only in an additional update information element (IE) or other fields of the NAS message.
15. The method of claim 8, wherein the transmission procedure is sending an attach-when-needed indication in an ATTACH REQUEST message and receiving an implicit detach supported indicator in an ATTACH ACCEPT message, and wherein the power consumption optimization involves performing a local detach procedure without exchanging detach signaling messages.
16. The method of claim 8, wherein the transmission procedure is sending an attach-when-needed indication in an ATTACH REQUEST message and receiving an implicit detach supported indicator and an implicit detach timer value in an ATTACH ACCEPT message, and wherein the power consumption optimization comprises:
starting an implicit detach timer upon RRC release completion; and
performing a local detach procedure without exchanging detach signaling messages upon the implicit detach timer expires.
17. A method, comprising:
receiving one or more predefined UE conditions from a user device (UE) in a wireless network;
determining a traffic characteristic of the UE based on the UE conditions, wherein the traffic characteristic indicates regular traffic, low priority traffic, or mobile originated (MO) only traffic; and
performing power consumption optimization based on the traffic characteristic.
18. The method of claim 17, wherein the traffic characteristic indicates low priority traffic, and wherein the predefined UE conditions comprise: a transmission data size is smaller than a predefined threshold, a required bandwidth or throughput is small than a predefined threshold, a data transmission triggered by an application, an application ID indicating a predefined small-size data transmission, an access point name (APN) indicating small-size or low priority data transmission, a UE subscription information indicating the UE being a mobile originated (MO) only or mobile terminated (MT) only device, and a hardware status indicating power saving mode.
19. The method of claim 18, wherein the power consumption optimization involves sending a configuration message to the UE indicating low priority traffic characteristic.
20. The method of claim 17, wherein the traffic characteristic indicates MO only traffic, wherein the UE condition is an attach-when-needed indication in an ATTACH REQUEST message, and wherein the power consumption optimization involves initiating an explicit network detach procedure.
21. The method of claim 17, wherein the traffic characteristic indicates MO only traffic, wherein the UE condition is an attach-when-needed indication in an ATTACH REQUEST message, and wherein the power consumption optimization comprises:
sending an implicit detach supported indicator in an ATTACH ACCEPT message; and
performing a local detach procedure without exchanging detach signaling messages.
22. The method of claim 17, the traffic characteristic indicates MO only traffic, wherein the UE condition is an attach-when-needed indication in an ATTACH REQUEST message, and wherein the power consumption optimization comprises:
sending an implicit detach supported indicator and an implicit detach timer value in an ATTACH ACCEPT message
starting an implicit detach timer upon RRC release completion; and
performing a local detach procedure without exchanging detach signaling messages upon the implicit detach timer expires.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. A catalyst for producing methylamines, which comprises a crystalline silicoaluminophosphate molecular sieve, the molar ratio of silicon atom to aluminum atom being in the range of 0.01-0.30.
2. The catalyst for producing methylamines according to claim 1, wherein the molar ratio of silicon atom to aluminum atom is in the range of 0.05-0.25.
3. The catalyst for producing methylamines according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the average particle size of crystals of the crystalline silicoaluminophosphate molecular sieve is 5 m or less measured by a scanning electron microscope.
4. The catalyst for producing methylamines according to claim 1, wherein the crystalline silicoaluminophosphate molecular sieve has a cubic, rectangular parallelepipedic, spheroidal, hexagonal or prismatic form.
5. The catalyst for producing methylamines according to claim 1, wherein the crystalline silicoaluminophosphate molecular sieve is of H-type or of H-type in which a part of the H-type is replaced with at least one metal selected from Li, Na, Be, Mg, Ca, Sr, Y, Ti, Zr, V, Nb, Cr, Mn, Fe, Ru, Co, Rh, Ir, Ni, Pd, Pt, Cu, Zn, B, Ga, In, Ge, and Sn, or the crystalline silicoaluminophosphate molecular sieve contains the metal or an oxide of the metal.
6. The catalyst for producing methylamines according to claim 1, wherein the crystalline silicoaluminophosphate molecular sieve is SAPO-34 in which a part of the H-type is replaced with at least one metal selected from Ti, Y and Zr or which contains the metal or an oxide thereof.
7. The catalyst for producing methylamines according to claim 1, wherein the crystalline silicoaluminophosphate molecular sieve comprises at least one constituting component selected from SAPO-5, 11, 17, 18, 26, 31, 33, 34, 35, 42, 43, 44, 47 and 56.
8. A method for manufacturing a catalyst for producing methylamines which comprises mixing an aluminum compound, a phosphorus compound, a silicon compound, an amine or ammonium salt and water so that the molar ratio of them satisfies the following formula (1) in case the aluminum compound, the phosphorus compound and the silicon compound are expressed by Al2O3, P2O5 and SiO2, respectively, and then subjecting the mixture to a hydrothermal treatment:
Al2O3.(10.2)P2O5.(0.50.4)SiO2.(1.50.5)Am.(7525)H2O(1)
wherein Am denotes an amine or ammonium salt having 3 to 24 carbon atoms.
9. A method for manufacturing a catalyst for producing methylamines which comprises mixing an aluminum compound, a phosphorus compound, a silicon compound, an amine or ammonium salt and water with at least one metal andor a compound of the metal selected from Li, Na, Be, Mg, Ca, Sr, Y, Ti, zr, V, Nb, Cr, Mn, Fe, Ru, Co, Rh, Ir, Ni, Pd, Pt, Cu, Zn, B, Ga, In, Ge and Sn so that the molar ratio satisfies the following formula (1) in case the aluminum compound, the phosphorus compound and the silicon compound are expressed by Al2O3, P2O5 and SiO2, respectively, and then subjecting the mixture to a hydrothermal treatment: Al2O3.(10.2)P2O5.(0.50.45)SiO2.(1.50.5)Am.(7525)H2O(1)

wherein Am denotes an amine or ammonium salt having 3 to 24 carbon atoms.
10. A method for manufacturing a catalyst for producing methylamines according to claim 8 or 9, wherein pseudo-boehmite is used as the aluminum compound.
11. A method for producing methylamines which comprises allowing methanol to react with ammonia in the presence of the crystalline silicoaluminophosphate molecular sieve of claim 1.
12. A method for producing methylamines which comprises carrying out a disproportionation reaction of monomethylamine in the presence of the crystalline silicoaluminophosphate molecular sieve of claim 1.

1. A programmable antenna assembly comprises:
a configurable antenna structure that includes a plurality of antenna elements, wherein, in response to an antenna configuration signal, the configurable antenna structure configures at least some of the plurality of antenna elements into at least one antenna;
a configurable antenna interface module coupled to the at least one antenna, wherein, based on an antenna interface control signal, the configurable antenna interface provides at least one of an impedance matching circuit and a bandpass filter; and
a control module coupled to generate the antenna configuration signal and the antenna interface control signal in accordance with a first frequency band and a second frequency band such that the at least one antenna facilitates at least one of transmitting and receiving a first radio frequency (RF) signal within the first frequency band and facilitates at least one of transmitting and receiving a second RF signal within the second frequency band.
2. The programmable antenna assembly of claim 1 further comprises:
the control module generating a first state of the antenna configuration signal and a first state of the antenna interface control signal in accordance with the first frequency band and generating a second state of the antenna configuration signal and a second state of the antenna interface control signal in accordance with the second frequency band;
the configuration antenna structure configuring the at least some of the plurality of antenna elements into a first antenna when the antenna configuration signal is in the first state and configuring the at least some of the plurality of antenna elements into a second antenna when the antenna configuration signal is in the second state; and
the configurable antenna interface providing at least one of a first impedance matching circuit and a first bandpass filter when the antenna interface control signal is in the first state and providing at least one of a second impedance matching circuit and a second bandpass filter when the antenna interface control signal is in the second state.
3. The programmable antenna assembly of claim 2 further comprises at least one of.
the control module generating the first and second states of the antenna configuration signal and the antenna interface control signal in a time division multiplexing manner; and
the control module concurrently generating the first and second states of the antenna configuration signal and the antenna interface control signal.
4. The programmable antenna assembly of claim 1 further comprises:
the control module generating a first state of the antenna interface control signal in accordance with the first frequency band and generating a second state of the antenna interface control signal in accordance with the second frequency band;
the configuration antenna structure configuring the at least some of the plurality of antenna elements into a wide bandwidth antenna that concurrently transmits andor receives the first RF signal and transmits andor receives the second RF signal; and
the configurable antenna interface providing at least one of a first narrow bandwidth impedance matching circuit and a first narrow bandwidth bandpass filter when the antenna interface control signal is in the first state and providing at least one of a second narrow bandwidth impedance matching circuit and a second narrow bandwidth bandpass filter when the antenna interface control signal is in the second state.
5. The programmable antenna assembly of claim 1 further comprises:
the control module determining when the configurable antenna structure can be configured into a wide bandwidth antenna to accommodate the first and second frequency bands;
when the configurable antenna structure can be configured into the wide bandwidth antenna to accommodate the first and second frequency bands:
the control module generating a first state of the antenna interface control signal in accordance with the first frequency band and generating a second state of the antenna interface control signal in accordance with the second frequency band;
the configuration antenna structure configuring the at least some of the plurality of antenna elements into a wide bandwidth antenna that concurrently transmits andor receives the first RF signal and transmits andor receives the second RF signal; and
the configurable antenna interface providing at least one of a first narrow bandwidth impedance matching circuit and a first narrow bandwidth bandpass filter when the antenna interface control signal is in the first state and providing at least one of a second narrow bandwidth impedance matching circuit and a second narrow bandwidth bandpass filter when the antenna interface control signal is in the second state;

when the configurable antenna structure cannot be configured into the wide bandwidth antenna to accommodate the first and second frequency bands:
the control module generating a first state of the antenna configuration signal and a third state of the antenna interface control signal in accordance with the first frequency band and generating a second state of the antenna configuration signal and a fourth state of the antenna interface control signal in accordance with the second frequency band;
the configuration antenna structure configuring the at least some of the plurality of antenna elements into a first antenna when the antenna configuration signal is in the first state and configuring the at least some of the plurality of antenna elements into a second antenna when the antenna configuration signal is in the second state; and
the configurable antenna interface providing at least one of a first impedance matching circuit and a first bandpass filter when the antenna interface control signal is in the third state and providing at least one of a second impedance matching circuit and a second bandpass filter when the antenna interface control signal is in the fourth state.
6. The programmable antenna assembly of claim 1 comprises:
the configurable antenna structure configuring the plurality of antenna elements into at least one antenna array in response to a multiple input multiple output (MIMO) antenna configuration signal;
the configurable antenna interface module providing a plurality of the at least one of the impedance matching circuit and the bandpass filter based on a MIMO antenna interface control signal; and
the control module coupled to generate the MIMO antenna configuration signal and the MIMO antenna interface control signal in accordance with a MIMO communication within at least one of the first frequency band and the second frequency band.
7. The programmable antenna assembly of claim 1 comprises:
the configurable antenna structure configuring the plurality of antenna elements into a first antenna and a second antenna based on the antenna configuration signal;
the configurable antenna interface module providing a first at least one of an impedance matching circuit and a bandpass filter and a second at least one of an impedance matching circuit and a bandpass filter based on the antenna interface control signal; and
the control module coupled to generate the antenna configuration signal and the antenna interface control signal in accordance with the first frequency band, the second frequency band, and an in-air beamforming setting.
8. The programmable antenna assembly of claim 7 further comprises:
the configurable antenna structure configuring the plurality of antenna elements into the first antenna and the second antenna based on the antenna configuration signal, wherein the first antenna is substantially orthogonal to the second antenna, wherein the first and second antennas are dipole antennas, wherein the antenna elements of the plurality of antenna elements that constitute a radiation portion of the second antenna are at an angle of approximately 180 degrees and wherein the antenna elements of the plurality of antenna elements that constitute a radiation portion of the first antenna are at an angle of less than 180 degrees such that radiation strength of the first antenna is less than radiation strength of the second antenna.
9. The programmable antenna assembly of claim 7 further comprises:
the configurable antenna structure configuring the plurality of antenna elements into the first antenna and the second antenna based on the antenna configuration signal, wherein the first antenna is substantially orthogonal to the second antenna, wherein the first antenna is a one-half wavelength dipole antenna and the second antenna is a less than one-half wavelength dipole antennas.
10. The programmable antenna assembly of claim 1 comprises:
the configurable antenna structure configuring the plurality of antenna elements into a first antenna and a second antenna based on the antenna configuration signal, wherein the first antenna is substantially orthogonal to the second antenna;
the configurable antenna interface module providing a first at least one of an impedance matching circuit and a bandpass filter and a second at least one of an impedance matching circuit and a bandpass filter based on the antenna interface control signal; and
the control module coupled to generate the antenna configuration signal and the antenna interface control signal in accordance with the first frequency band, the second frequency band, and a polarization setting.
11. The programmable antenna assembly of claim 1, wherein the configurable antenna structure comprises:
a plurality of microstrips, each microstrip of the plurality of microstrips has an inductance and a resistance, wherein the plurality of microstrips are proximately located to one another, and wherein at least a first microstrip of the plurality of microstrips is substantially parallel to another one of the plurality of microstrips, at least a second microstrip of the plurality of microstrips is substantially perpendicular to a second another one of the plurality of microstrips, or a third microstrip of the plurality of microstrips is at an angle to a third another one of the plurality of microstrips.
12. A programmable radio frequency (RF) transceiver comprises:
a baseband processing module coupled to:
convert first outbound data into a first outbound symbol stream in accordance with a first wireless protocol;
convert a first inbound symbol stream into first inbound data in accordance with the first wireless protocol;
convert second outbound data into a second outbound symbol stream in accordance with a second wireless protocol;
convert a second inbound symbol stream into second inbound data in accordance with the second wireless protocol;

a receiver section coupled to:
convert a first inbound radio frequency (RF) signal into the first inbound symbol stream, wherein the first inbound RF signal has a carrier frequency within a first frequency band; and
convert a second inbound RF signal into the second inbound symbol stream, wherein the second inbound RF signal has a carrier frequency within a second frequency band;

a transmitter section coupled to:
convert the first outbound symbol stream into a first outbound RF signal, wherein the first outbound RF signal has a carrier frequency in the first frequency band; and
convert the second outbound symbol stream into a second outbound RF signal, wherein the second outbound RF signal has a carrier frequency in the second frequency band; and

a programmable antenna assembly that includes:
a configurable antenna structure that includes a plurality of antenna elements, wherein, in response to an antenna configuration signal, the configurable antenna structure configures at least some of the plurality of antenna elements into at least one antenna; and
a configurable antenna interface module coupled to the at least one antenna, the receiver section, and the transmitter section, wherein, based on an antenna interface control signal, the configurable antenna interface provides at least one of an impedance matching circuit and a bandpass filter, wherein the baseband processing module generates the antenna configuration signal and the antenna interface control signal in accordance with the first and second wireless protocols such that the at least one antenna facilitates at least one of: transmitting the first outbound RF signal, receiving the first inbound RF signal, transmitting the second outbound RF signal, and receiving the second inbound RF signal.
13. The programmable RF transceiver of claim 12 further comprises:
a blocking module coupled to the transmitter section and the receiver section, wherein, when enabled, the blocking module attenuates at least one of the first outbound RF signal and the second outbound RF signal from being received by the receiver section.
14. The programmable RF transceiver of claim 13, wherein the blocking module comprises:
a first blocking circuit coupled to attenuate the first outbound RF signal when enabled; and
a second blocking circuit coupled to attenuated the second outbound RF signal when enabled.
15. The programmable RF transceiver of claim 12 further comprises:
the baseband processing module generating a first state of the antenna configuration signal and a first state of the antenna interface control signal in accordance with the first wireless protocol and generating a second state of the antenna configuration signal and a second state of the antenna interface control signal in accordance with the second wireless protocol;
the configuration antenna structure configuring the at least some of the plurality of antenna elements into a first antenna when the antenna configuration signal is in the first state and configuring the at least some of the plurality of antenna elements into a second antenna when the antenna configuration signal is in the second state; and
the configurable antenna interface providing at least one of a first impedance matching circuit and a first bandpass filter when the antenna interface control signal is in the first state and providing at least one of a second impedance matching circuit and a second bandpass filter when the antenna interface control signal is in the second state.
16. The programmable RF transceiver of claim 15 further comprises at least one of:
the baseband processing module generating the first and second states of the antenna configuration signal and the antenna interface control signal in a time division multiplexing manner; and
the baseband processing module concurrently generating the first and second states of the antenna configuration signal and the antenna interface control signal.
17. The programmable RF transceiver of claim 12, wherein the programmable antenna assembly further comprises:
the baseband processing module generating a first state of the antenna interface control signal in accordance with the first wireless protocol and generating a second state of the antenna interface control signal in accordance with the second wireless protocol;
the configuration antenna structure configuring the at least some of the plurality of antenna elements into a wide bandwidth antenna that at least concurrently transmits the first and second outbound RF signals and at least concurrently receives the first and second inbound RF signals; and
the configurable antenna interface providing at least one of a first narrow bandwidth impedance matching circuit and a first narrow bandwidth bandpass filter when the antenna interface control signal is in the first state and providing at least one of a second narrow bandwidth impedance matching circuit and a second narrow bandwidth bandpass filter when the antenna interface control signal is in the second state.
18. The programmable RF transceiver of claim 12, wherein the programmable antenna assembly further comprises:
the baseband processing module determining when the configurable antenna structure can be configured into a wide bandwidth antenna to accommodate the first and second frequency bands;
when the configurable antenna structure can be configured into the wide bandwidth antenna to accommodate the first and second frequency bands:
the baseband module generating a first state of the antenna interface control signal in accordance with the first wireless protocol and generating a second state of the antenna interface control signal in accordance with the second wireless protocol;
the configuration antenna structure configuring the at least some of the plurality of antenna elements into a wide bandwidth antenna that at least concurrently transmits the first and second outbound RF signals or at least concurrently receives the first and second inbound RF signals; and
the configurable antenna interface providing at least one of a first narrow bandwidth impedance matching circuit and a first narrow bandwidth bandpass filter when the antenna interface control signal is in the first state and providing at least one of a second narrow bandwidth impedance matching circuit and a second narrow bandwidth bandpass filter when the antenna interface control signal is in the second state;

when the configurable antenna structure cannot be configured into the wide bandwidth antenna to accommodate the first and second frequency bands:
the baseband processing module generating a first state of the antenna configuration signal and a third state of the antenna interface control signal in accordance with the first wireless protocol and generating a second state of the antenna configuration signal and a fourth state of the antenna interface control signal in accordance with the second wireless protocol;
the configuration antenna structure configuring the at least some of the plurality of antenna elements into a first antenna when the antenna configuration signal is in the first state and configuring the at least some of the plurality of antenna elements into a second antenna when the antenna configuration signal is in the second state; and
the configurable antenna interface providing at least one of a first impedance matching circuit and a first bandpass filter when the antenna interface control signal is in the third state and providing at least one of a second impedance matching circuit and a second bandpass filter when the antenna interface control signal is in the fourth state.
19. The programmable RF transceiver of claim 12, wherein the programmable antenna assembly further comprises:
the configurable antenna structure configuring the plurality of antenna elements into at least one antenna array in response to a multiple input multiple output (MIMO) antenna configuration signal;
the configurable antenna interface module providing a plurality of the at least one of the impedance matching circuit and the bandpass filter based on a MIMO antenna interface control signal; and
the baseband processing module coupled to generate the MIMO antenna configuration signal and the MIMO antenna interface control signal in accordance with a MIMO communication within at least one of the first wireless protocol and the second wireless protocol.
20. The programmable RF transceiver of claim 12, wherein the programmable antenna assembly further comprises:
the configurable antenna structure configuring the plurality of antenna elements into a first antenna and a second antenna based on the antenna configuration signal;
the configurable antenna interface module providing a first at least one of an impedance matching circuit and a bandpass filter and a second at least one of an impedance matching circuit and a bandpass filter based on the antenna interface control signal; and
the baseband processing module coupled to generate the antenna configuration signal and the antenna interface control signal in accordance with the first wireless protocol, the second wireless protocol, and an in-air beamforming setting.
21. The programmable RF transceiver of claim 20, wherein the programmable antenna assembly further comprises:
the configurable antenna structure configuring the plurality of antenna elements into the first antenna and the second antenna based on the antenna configuration signal, wherein the first antenna is substantially orthogonal to the second antenna, wherein the first and second antennas are dipole antennas, wherein the antenna elements of the plurality of antenna elements that constitute a radiation portion of the first antenna are at an angle of approximately 180 degrees and wherein the antenna elements of the plurality of antenna elements that constitute a radiation portion of the second antenna are at an angle of less than 180 degrees such that radiation strength of the first antenna is greater than radiation strength of the second antenna.
22. The programmable RF transceiver of claim 20, wherein the programmable antenna assembly further comprises:
the configurable antenna structure configuring the plurality of antenna elements into the first antenna and the second antenna based on the antenna configuration signal, wherein the first antenna is substantially orthogonal to the second antenna, wherein the first antenna is a one-half wavelength dipole antenna and the second antenna is a less than one-half wavelength dipole antennas.
23. The programmable RF transceiver of claim 12, wherein the programmable antenna assembly further comprises:
the configurable antenna structure configuring the plurality of antenna elements into a first antenna and a second antenna based on the antenna configuration signal, wherein the first antenna is substantially orthogonal to the second antenna;
the configurable antenna interface module providing a first at least one of an impedance matching circuit and a bandpass filter and a second at least one of an impedance matching circuit and a bandpass filter based on the antenna interface control signal; and
the baseband processing module coupled to generate the antenna configuration signal and the antenna interface control signal in accordance with the first frequency band, the second frequency band, and a polarization setting.
24. The programmable RF transceiver of claim 12, wherein the configurable antenna structure comprises:
a plurality of microstrips, each microstrip of the plurality of microstrips has an inductance and a resistance, wherein the plurality of microstrips are proximately located to one another, and wherein at least a first microstrip of the plurality of microstrips is substantially parallel to another one of the plurality of microstrips, at least a second microstrip of the plurality of microstrips is substantially perpendicular to a second another one of the plurality of microstrips, or a third microstrip of the plurality of microstrips is at an angle to a third another one of the plurality of microstrips.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. A method for retrieving documents, comprising:
generating a model of a user’s information need;
evaluating leads present in the model to determine search paths;
determining the leads to pursue in response to the evaluation;
pursuing the determined leads, wherein at least one of the leads may be pursued using a different method from the other leads; and
obtaining documents as a result of the pursuit.
2. The method of claim 1, further comprising analyzing the discovered documents, ranking the discovered documents and presenting search results to the user.
3. The method of claim 1, further comprising dynamically refining the model of the user’s information need in response to at least one of the following: an explicit user input; the analysis of discovered documents; and the analysis of the user’s activities.
4. The method of claim 3, wherein the each of the leads is one of the following types: a single word term; a multi-word term; a user query; a relevant document and attributes thereof; and a reference to documents.
5. The method of claim 3, wherein pursing the leads comprises determining a type of the lead and pursing the lead based on the determined type.
6. The method of claim 3, wherein the user may directly add, delete, reprioritize, and mandate which leads to pursue.
7. The method of claim 3, wherein pursuing the determined leads comprises simultaneously pursing the determined leads.
8. The method of claim 3, wherein evaluating the leads, determining the leads, and pursuing the determined leads may be initiated by at least one of: an explicit user request, a scheduled event, and a change in the model of the user’s information need.
9. The method of claim 2, wherein presenting the search results comprises dynamically updating the search results presentation as the search results are re-evaluated and new search results are retrieved.
10. A computer-readable medium having computer executable instructions for retrieving documents, comprising:
generating a model of a user’s information need;
evaluating leads present in the model to determine search paths;
determining the leads to pursue in response to the evaluation;
pursuing the determined leads, wherein at least one of the leads may be pursued using a different method from the other leads;
obtaining search results as a result of the pursuit, wherein the search results include documents; and
presenting the search results to the user.
11. The computer-readable medium of claim 10, further comprising dynamically refining the model of the user’s information need in response to at least one of the following: an explicit user input; the analysis of discovered documents; and the analysis of the user’s activities.
12. The computer-readable medium of claim 11, wherein the each of the leads is one of the following types: a single word term; a multi-word term; a user query; a relevant document and attributes thereof; and a reference to documents.
13. The computer-readable medium of claim 11, wherein pursing the leads comprises determining a type of the lead and pursing the lead based on the determined type.
14. The computer-readable medium of claim 11, wherein the user may directly add, delete, reprioritize, and mandate which leads to pursue.
15. The computer-readable medium of claim 14, wherein pursuing the determined leads comprises simultaneously pursing the determined leads.
16. A system for retrieving documents, comprising:
a processor and a computer-readable medium;
an operating environment stored on the computer-readable medium and executing on the processor;
a communication connection device operating under the control of the operating environment;
an application operating under the control of the operating environment and operative to perform actions, including:
generating a model of a user’s information need;
evaluating leads present in the model to determine search paths;
determining the leads to pursue in response to the evaluation;
pursuing the determined leads, wherein at least one of the leads may be pursued using a different method from the other leads;
obtaining search results as a result of the pursuit, wherein the search results include documents; and
presenting the search results to the user.
17. The system of claim 16, further comprising dynamically refining the model of the user’s information need in response to at least one of the following: an explicit user input; the analysis of discovered documents; and the analysis of the user’s activities.
18. The system of claim 17, wherein the each of the leads is one of the following types: a single word term; a multi-word term; a user query; a relevant document and attributes thereof; and a reference to documents.
19. The system of claim 16, wherein pursing the leads comprises determining a type of the lead and pursing the lead based on the determined type.
20. The system of claim 16, wherein the user may directly add, delete, reprioritize, and mandate which leads to pursue.